This week we honoured Remembrance Day by learning about what the day signifies, at an age appropriate level. When asked what this day means, they may tell you that "it is for remembering the soldiers and animals that help keep our country safe". We learned what why people wear red poppies and that you can even wear a purple poppy for the animals.
We also learned a lot about what peace means. Peace in a larger sense and peace in our everyday lives. The kids made ripped paper doves and made a cut out heart that they decorated. The paper heart represented the love we have in our hearts for ourselves and others. I love that they wanted to write things like Love and Peace on their hearts too.
The kids went on a poppy hunt to find, organize and count poppies. They then figured out which number was larger/smaller, more/less., and wrote them on the board. Some used the calendar and number wall to figure out how to write them and some knew already.
The kids practiced number identification, number writing and number representation, depending on where each of them are at. And then painted a free drawing.
We read some great books and our two Morning Meeting songs were a great spring board into learning our learning.
The books we read were:
Ava's Poppy by Marcus Pfister
The Peace Book by Todd Parr
I Am Peace by Susan Verde (and one of my favourite illustrators, Peter H. Reynolds)
Our two Morning Meeting songs were:
I've Got Peace in my Fingers by Susan Salidor
I Am Peace by Emily Arrow (I love that she gets permission from authors/illustrators to make songs about children's books!)
Our letters this week were P and B. The letter P was great because we were learning about what peace means. These guys are getting the hang of find words that start with the letters we are learning about. Even if they get it wrong, they are usually close! Many of the big kids are really getting excited about writing; they are wanting to write signs for their games or write a word to go with their drawings. This is great organic writing practice... the best kind!
We also learned a lot about what peace means. Peace in a larger sense and peace in our everyday lives. The kids made ripped paper doves and made a cut out heart that they decorated. The paper heart represented the love we have in our hearts for ourselves and others. I love that they wanted to write things like Love and Peace on their hearts too.
The kids went on a poppy hunt to find, organize and count poppies. They then figured out which number was larger/smaller, more/less., and wrote them on the board. Some used the calendar and number wall to figure out how to write them and some knew already.
The kids practiced number identification, number writing and number representation, depending on where each of them are at. And then painted a free drawing.
We read some great books and our two Morning Meeting songs were a great spring board into learning our learning.
The books we read were:
Ava's Poppy by Marcus Pfister
The Peace Book by Todd Parr
I Am Peace by Susan Verde (and one of my favourite illustrators, Peter H. Reynolds)
Our two Morning Meeting songs were:
I've Got Peace in my Fingers by Susan Salidor
I Am Peace by Emily Arrow (I love that she gets permission from authors/illustrators to make songs about children's books!)
Our letters this week were P and B. The letter P was great because we were learning about what peace means. These guys are getting the hang of find words that start with the letters we are learning about. Even if they get it wrong, they are usually close! Many of the big kids are really getting excited about writing; they are wanting to write signs for their games or write a word to go with their drawings. This is great organic writing practice... the best kind!
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